Remarks before the National Association of State Retirement Administrators 59th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 5, 2013 ; "I believe American businesses today are, far and away, the most efficient operators in the world. We have countless businesses in every sector of goods and...

Remarks before the U.S. Manufacturing Summit, Orlando, Florida, August 22, 2013 ; "The remaining obstacle to being the absolute best economy for manufacturers and other businesses, bar none, has been fiscal and regulatory policy that seems incapable of providing job-creating manufacturers and...

Remarks for $100 Bill Launch at Houston Branch , Houston, Texas, October 8, 2013>

Remarks before the Economic Club of New York , New York City, October 17, 2013 ; "My heart bleeds for my country, for no amount of monetary accommodation, no conceivable amount of 'large-scale asset purchases,' no clever new monetary innovation by the Federal Reserve can offset the rot that is...

Remarks before the Independent Bankers Association of Texas Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, September 23, 2013 ; "Doing nothing at this [FOMC] meeting would increase uncertainty about the future conduct of policy and call the credibility of our communications into question."

Remarks before the Causes & Macroeconomic Consequences of Uncertainty Conference, Dallas, Texas, October 3, 2013 ; "A policy that takes a longer-term perspective and is properly communicated and executed—so as to instill confidence that monetary policy will hew to a 2 percent inflation target...

Those who think we can be more specific in stating our intentions and broadcasting our every next move with complete certainty are, in my opinion, clinging to the myth that economics is a hard science and monetary policy a precise scientific procedure rather than the applied best judgment of...

The Federal Reserve knows what community and regional banks do for their communities. We appreciate that you are the backbone for the homeowners, small businesses, service clubs and school sports teams and scouts and churches and myriad other activities that make for better communities. We want...

Remarks Before CERAWeek, Houston, Texas, February 9, 2009. ; "Our senators and congressmen and -women must find a way to give our economic engine an activating short-term jolt without encumbering or disincentivizing the entrepreneurial dynamic that has made for the long-term economic miracle...